On the floor: Alexander Babb of SOB East and Amelia Gene’s
Alex Babb tends bar at SOB East. He also works at Amelia Gene’s. Babb has lived in the Memphis area for about a year and has worked as a bartender for over 10 years. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Alexander Babb went to bartending school due to a loophole in an informal contract with his father.
“He said he’d only pay for me to go to trade school after high school,” Babb said in a tone that hinted there was more to the story. “I found a bartending trade school, and that’s where I grew up in the industry.”
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Ellen Chamberlain
Ellen Chamberlain is a global citizen who is happy to call Memphis her forever home. The Michigan native has worked in media for nearly 25 years as a radio broadcaster, journalist and ghostwriter. As The Daily Memphian’s food and restaurant writer, she gives readers inside perspectives of their favorite restaurants and the people behind them, suggestions for the best bites around town and the latest food news from in and around Shelby County.
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